We do not recommend setting --host-port, as it will cause collisions if two VMs attempt to use the same port. If no --host-port is specified, we will dynamically assign them starting from 10000 and incrementing (10001, 10002, etc) depending on if there are other VMs running and consuming ports from the range already.
❯ anka modify 12.6 port --help
usage: port [options] name [rule]
Add port forwarding rule
arguments:
name Rule name
rule Port forwarding rule: guest-port[:host-ip][:host-port]
options:
-g,--guest-port <val> The port inside of the VM that the host-port connects to
-p,--host-port <val> The host port to listen on (assigns dynamically if not specified)
-l,--host-ip <val> Listen address (defaults to any)
-d,--delete Delete the rule
--set-name <val> Rename the rule
❯ anka modify 12.6 port vnc 5900
❯ anka modify 12.6 port ssh 22:0.0.0.0
❯ anka start 12.6
❯ anka show 12.6 network
. . .
port_forwarding_rules:
+------+----------+------------+-----------+
| name | protocol | guest_port | host_port |
+------+----------+------------+-----------+
| ssh | tcp | 22 | 10000 |
| vnc | tcp | 5900 | 10001 |
+------+----------+------------+-----------+
❯ ssh anka@localhost -p 10000
(anka@localhost) Password:
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